Popular Names in France

Information from INSEE

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
1.	Jean	5.58%	0	-914	-3.7%
2.	Patrick	5.00%	+1	+1,041	+5.1%
3.	Michel	4.79%	-1	-1,117	-5.2%
4.	Philippe	4.41%	+1	+1,218	+6.9%
5.	Alain	4.34%	-1	-1,338	-6.7%
6.	Christian	3.73%	0	-1,361	-7.9%
7.	Bernard	2.82%	0	-1,254	-9.4%
8.	Dominique	2.65%	+1	+356	+3.3%
9.	Daniel	2.60%	-1	-913	-7.6%
10.	Gérard	2.28%	0	-586	-5.7%
11.	Didier	2.25%	0	+803	+9.1%
12.	Jean-Pierre	1.85%	0	-521	-6.2%
13.	Claude	1.78%	+1	-84	-1.1%
14.	Pierre	1.75%	+1	-188	-2.5%
15.	Jacques	1.74%	-2	-751	-9.2%
16.	Pascal	1.69%	+8	+1,832	+34.1%
17.	Serge	1.67%	-1	-268	-3.6%
18.	Gilles	1.53%	0	+453	+7.4%
19.	Marc	1.45%	0	+208	+3.5%
20.	Jean-Luc	1.41%	0	+159	+2.7%
21.	Jean-Claude	1.34%	+1	-98	-1.7%
22.	Thierry	1.32%	+7	+1,374	+32.2%
23.	Joël	1.28%	-6	-1,152	-17.4%
24.	Yves	1.27%	+1	+347	+6.9%
25.	André	1.23%	-2	-467	-8.1%
26.	Guy	1.18%	-5	-765	-13.2%
27.	Francis	1.18%	0	+191	+3.9%
28.	François	1.17%	-2	+26	+0.5%
29.	Patrice	1.17%	+1	+886	+21.6%
30.	Bruno	1.13%	+1	+751	+18.5%
31.	Denis	1.09%	-3	+152	+3.4%
32.	Jean-Marc	0.92%	+3	+369	+10.4%
33.	Eric	0.91%	+5	+749	+23.8%
34.	Jean-Paul	0.90%	-2	-141	-3.6%
35.	Jean-Louis	0.83%	-1	-58	-1.6%
36.	Jean-Michel	0.80%	+5	+444	+15.0%
37.	Robert	0.79%	-4	-254	-7.0%
38.	René	0.77%	-2	-268	-7.6%
39.	Gilbert	0.75%	-2	-209	-6.2%
40.	Hervé	0.70%	+4	+396	+15.2%
41.	Jean-François	0.65%	+4	+173	+6.6%
42.	Jean-Marie	0.65%	-3	-281	-9.2%
43.	Jacky	0.63%	-3	-324	-10.8%
44.	Georges	0.62%	-2	-195	-6.8%
45.	Jean-Jacques	0.59%	+1	-20	-0.8%
46.	Roger	0.59%	-3	-219	-8.0%
47.	Joseph	0.50%	+3	-25	-1.2%
48.	Marcel	0.49%	0	-146	-6.6%
49.	Roland	0.48%	-2	-197	-8.7%
50.	Henri	0.47%	-1	-207	-9.4%
51.	Maurice	0.40%	0	-165	-8.7%
52.	Richard	0.39%	+3	+145	+9.4%
53.	Frédéric	0.39%	+5	+279	+19.9%
54.	Luc	0.39%	0	+43	+2.6%
55.	Laurent	0.38%	+7	+300	+22.4%
56.	Olivier	0.38%	+3	+224	+16.0%
57.	Paul	0.37%	-5	-152	-8.7%
58.	Raymond	0.37%	-5	-169	-9.7%
59.	Regis	0.36%	-3	+72	+4.9%
60.	Jean-Yves	0.35%	0	+97	+6.9%
61.	Lionel	0.34%	0	+73	+5.4%
62.	Hubert	0.33%	+1	+115	+8.8%
63.	Louis	0.32%	-6	-94	-6.5%
64.	José	0.29%	0	-11	-0.9%
65.	Bertrand	0.28%	+3	+124	+11.8%
66.	Charles	0.27%	-1	+19	+1.7%
67.	Antoine	0.26%	-1	+29	+2.7%
68.	Yannick	0.25%	+1	+42	+4.2%
69.	Rémy	0.24%	+1	+77	+8.3%
70.	Fabrice	0.23%	+4	+136	+15.9%
71.	Lucien	0.23%	+1	+37	+4.0%
72.	Noël	0.22%	-1	+23	+2.5%
73.	Xavier	0.22%	0	+80	+9.2%
74.	Yvon	0.22%	-7	-113	-10.7%
75.	Sylvain	0.22%	+1	+195	+26.4%
76.	Vincent	0.21%	+1	+174	+24.1%
77.	Christophe	0.18%	+3	+162	+26.1%
78.	Franck	0.17%	+11	+231	+45.1%
79.	Stéphane	0.17%	+6	+159	+28.6%
80.	Loïc	0.17%	-2	+31	+4.6%
81.	Albert	0.16%	-6	-79	-10.2%
82.	Rémi	0.15%	-3	+28	+4.5%
83.	Etienne	0.15%	-2	+38	+6.2%
84.	Martial	0.15%	-1	+36	+5.9%
85.	William	0.15%	+1	+75	+13.8%
86.	Gabriel	0.14%	-2	0	0.0%
87.	Max	0.14%	-5	-18	-3.0%
88.	Emmanuel	0.14%	+5	+111	+23.9%
89.	Jean-Philippe	0.13%	+1	+51	+10.0%
90.	Benoît	0.13%	+2	+49	+9.8%
91.	Norbert	0.12%	-3	-20	-3.9%
92.	Gérald	0.12%	-1	-15	-3.0%
93.	Jean-Noël	0.10%	+2	+30	+7.3%
94.	Hugues	0.09%	-7	-134	-25.1%
95.	Mario	0.09%	+5	+71	+22.3%
96.	Jackie	0.09%	-2	-67	-14.8%
97.	Fernand	0.09%	-1	-34	-8.4%
98.	Emile	0.08%	-1	-6	-1.7%
99.	Armand	0.08%	+2	+42	+13.5%
100.	Dany	0.08%	-2	+15	+4.5%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
1.	Marie	4.78%	+1	-364	-1.8%
2.	Martine	4.77%	-1	-1,418	-6.8%
3.	Catherine	3.45%	+2	+1,576	+12.6%
4.	Françoise	3.12%	-1	-153	-1.2%
5.	Brigitte	3.03%	+2	+2,211	+21.8%
6.	Chantal	2.88%	-2	-830	-6.6%
7.	Dominique	2.52%	-1	-60	-0.6%
8.	Patricia	2.25%	+7	+2,839	+44.8%
9.	Christine	2.22%	+1	+1,097	+13.8%
10.	Sylvie	2.08%	+2	+1,590	+23.1%
11.	Monique	1.88%	-3	-1,088	-12.4%
12.	Annie	1.87%	-3	-689	-8.3%
13.	Nicole	1.69%	-2	-617	-8.2%
14.	Evelyne	1.60%	-1	-137	-2.1%
15.	Michèle	1.55%	-1	-295	-4.5%
16.	Nadine	1.36%	+3	+21	+0.4%
17.	Claudine	1.35%	+1	-51	-0.9%
18.	Jocelyne	1.35%	-2	-396	-6.7%
19.	Christiane	1.25%	-2	-549	-9.7%
20.	Annick	1.13%	+1	-350	-7.1%
21.	Marie-Christine	1.11%	+2	-154	-3.3%
22.	Jacqueline	1.08%	0	-365	-7.7%
23.	Joëlle	1.06%	-3	-752	-14.8%
24.	Béatrice	1.01%	+7	+611	+17.4%
25.	Elisabeth	1.01%	-1	-345	-7.8%
26.	Anne	0.95%	+4	+248	+6.9%
27.	Isabelle	0.94%	+10	+1,092	+39.9%
28.	Josiane	0.94%	-3	-348	-8.3%
29.	Maryse	0.93%	-2	-222	-5.6%
30.	Anne-Marie	0.88%	-2	-235	-6.2%
31.	Bernadette	0.85%	-5	-578	-14.4%
32.	Véronique	0.82%	+3	+438	+15.0%
33.	Danielle	0.79%	-4	-385	-10.6%
34.	Ghislaine	0.77%	+2	+370	+13.4%
35.	Geneviève	0.72%	-2	-117	-3.8%
36.	Michelle	0.71%	-2	-60	-2.0%
36.	Mireille	0.71%	-4	-262	-8.3%
38.	Colette	0.69%	0	+187	+7.1%
39.	Odile	0.64%	+1	+7	+0.3%
40.	Pascale	0.61%	+15	+564	+29.6%
41.	Marie-Claude	0.59%	-2	-203	-7.8%
42.	Sylviane	0.58%	0	-148	-5.9%
43.	Régine	0.57%	+6	+146	+6.8%
44.	Eliane	0.54%	-3	-335	-13.1%
45.	Agnès	0.54%	+6	+55	+2.6%
46.	Hélène	0.53%	+7	+151	+7.5%
47.	Josette	0.52%	-4	-302	-12.5%
48.	Daniele	0.51%	-1	-239	-10.3%
49.	Fabienne	0.50%	+10	+343	+20.1%
50.	Marie-France	0.50%	-2	-276	-11.9%
51.	Francine	0.50%	-6	-316	-13.5%
51.	Marie-Thérèse	0.50%	-7	-384	-16.0%
53.	Marie-José	0.47%	+1	-15	-0.8%
54.	Liliane	0.46%	-4	-261	-12.1%
55.	Gisèle	0.46%	-3	-237	-11.3%
56.	Muriel	0.42%	+4	+178	+11.6%
57.	Yvette	0.40%	+1	-111	-6.4%
58.	Viviane	0.40%	-12	-714	-30.7%
59.	Laurence	0.39%	+5	+242	+17.8%
60.	Thérèse	0.39%	-3	-184	-10.4%
61.	Denise	0.39%	-5	-245	-13.4%
62.	Corinne	0.38%	+9	+286	+22.3%
63.	Nelly	0.36%	0	+60	+4.2%
64.	Florence	0.35%	+12	+291	+25.8%
65.	Marie-Hélène	0.34%	+1	+78	+5.9%
66.	Marie-Claire	0.34%	-5	-109	-7.3%
67.	Myriam	0.33%	0	+50	+3.8%
68.	Edith	0.33%	-3	-10	-0.7%
69.	Jeannine	0.32%	-7	-136	-9.5%
70.	Marie-Françoise	0.30%	-2	-83	-6.3%
71.	Claire	0.29%	+4	-1	-0.1%
72.	Claude	0.29%	+2	-81	-6.5%
73.	Pierrette	0.28%	-1	-119	-9.4%
74.	Yolande	0.28%	-5	-159	-12.3%
75.	Arlette	0.28%	-5	-162	-12.5%
76.	Maryvonne	0.27%	-3	-160	-12.8%
77.	Lydie	0.26%	+11	+161	+18.0%
78.	Aline	0.25%	0	-43	-4.0%
79.	Maryline	0.25%	+12	+149	+17.0%
80.	Claudette	0.23%	+3	-65	-6.4%
81.	Marylene	0.23%	+12	+126	+15.4%
82.	Ginette	0.23%	-2	-115	-10.9%
83.	Roselyne	0.23%	+1	-53	-5.5%
84.	Micheline	0.23%	-7	-192	-17.3%
85.	Andrée	0.22%	-4	-145	-13.8%
86.	Marie-Pierre	0.21%	+12	+115	+15.4%
87.	Simone	0.21%	-5	-175	-17.0%
88.	Jeanne	0.21%	-1	-44	-4.9%
89.	Solange	0.21%	-10	-217	-20.4%
90.	Claudie	0.21%	+2	+8	+1.0%
91.	Anita	0.21%	+3	+37	+4.6%
92.	Marie-Noëlle	0.21%	+4	+60	+7.8%
93.	Marie-Paule	0.20%	-3	-78	-8.9%
93.	Renée	0.20%	-7	-105	-11.6%
95.	Huguette	0.19%	-6	-121	-13.5%
96.	Sophie	0.19%	+25	+208	+37.5%
97.	Paulette	0.19%	0	+1	+0.1%
98.	Irène	0.18%	+15	+152	+25.8%
99.	Nadia	0.18%	+6	+94	+14.6%
100.	Suzanne	0.18%	-5	-61	-7.8%

Popularity extremes for France